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Norther Cyprus - Mid-Week Trip

Tuesday wasn't too
bad. Sure we had to eat our buffet breakfast indoors again because of the poor
outdoor table arrangements and the service was slow to clear the tables. But
the day was good in the sense that we were able to go into town and check out the
Kyrenia Castle.

cooling off in the shade

tiny church in the middle of the castle. All around it built up over the centuries since.

the view

the view

I got a much needed
haircut and barber style shave from a proper Turkish barber and when we did
arrive back at thehotel we visited the
Turkish bath for body scrubs and foam massages that left us feeling clean and rejuvenated.
I have to give them props for the massages. Basically the lady takes you into a
large batch steam room, wets and soaps you down, and then proceeds to give you
a massage and scrub. The only thing that would have made it better would have
been a happy ending, which unfortunately wasn't offered, but the massage was
still worth it.

Wednesday was a long
day with a visit to Buffavento Castle. There are three levels to this castle that have continually been built up over the centuries.

This tree was growing on top of one of the walls.

view of the town below

From there it was to Bellapais Abbey. Both beautiful locations and well worth seeing.

Note: All pictures were taken with my GoPro, so that's why they are all off.

Tired and hot we
made our way back to the pool for some relaxing in the sun and occasional swim
to our favorite bands from the 90's on rotation.

Having gone all week
without getting an outside table for dinner, we decided to wait for one to open
up. So we sat in some open chairs on the side and watch. It wasn't long before
a table opens up and I started walking over to it to grab it before anyone
else. At which point one of the people working there tries to sit another
couple at the table. I didn't even know it was an option to get one of them to
seat people. Anyway, I went up and say that we had been waiting on it. The
waiter of course, not speaking English tries to sit them anyway. Luckily the
other couple does and is nice and lets us have the table. As previously
mentioned there was plenty of seating at the table so we offered to share but
they decided to sit inside. The waiter never came back to take our drink
orders. The lack of service in the cafeteria styled dining room was a running
theme throughout the week. They probably would have made twice as much money
off us if they had bothered to check on us at any time.

The evening waiting
back in our room was the welcome smell of sewage coming from the ventilation
system.